Re: B.W.E.D. (Best Wife EVER Day!)
All right... so here we go so far...
First of all... it looks SPECTACULAR! The "Dragon's Blood" color has a depth that is just uncanny, and then with the black stringers, pickups (Duncan Designed HP-102's... or JB/Jazz made in some other place), and rings... and then the chrome hardware, pearl cloud inlays, ebony fretboard, and cream binding are simply perfect together. She's GORGEOUS!!
Okay... on to the other stuff. The bummer is that, when I was bringing it up to pitch, I busted the high G string. Fortunately I have a ton of .009s and, after 4 tries and some saddle-burr filing, I got it to stay. The final time I also tuned the whole thing down a full step (D-G-C-F-A-D). What sucks is that, being tuned down that far, the intonation is all off so it doesn't sound very good. Tomorrow I'm gonna bring it up a half-step and strum it for a bit, and then Thursday I'll try to bring it up to pitch and properly intonate it. It's fussy like a 12-string in that respect, but I'm confident that with a little patience I'll have her sounding great when it's all done! I was gonna take it with me to band practice tomorrow night, but I'll wait until I have it right to show it off to my bandmates.
The neck feels great... even with the extra strings taking up space. I have a 12-string Ovation acoustic too, but this neck is MUCH faster... it's a BC Rich, after all!
I'll keep you guys posted over the next few days on how it goes... meanwhile here's another pic...
